Buckingham Through Time

Buckingham's streets have changed a good deal since the nineteenth century, and Charles Close traces that change picture by picture. Reproduced in full colour, these photographs follow the Buckinghamshire market town through the 1800s and into the twentieth century, showing its familiar streets alongside the people who made their names there. Every image carries a factual caption from Close, placing each scene in its historical setting so that the pages build into a clear, reliable timeline of the town.

A second story runs underneath: how photography itself developed to keep pace with a changing society. It makes a fine companion for anyone who grew up in Buckingham, and an equally good introduction for someone arriving for the first time and curious about what stood on these streets before them.